Where does “rintapistos” come from?
rintapistos (Finnish) comes from Finnish pistos, from Finnish pistää, from Proto-Finnic pistädäk, from Proto-Finno-Permic pistä-.
rintapistos (Finnish): sharp chest pain, stabbing chest pain
Definitions
- sharp chest pain, stabbing chest pain
Ancestry of “rintapistos”, step by step
rintapistos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pistos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pistos | twinge, pang, sting; injection; Synonym of pisto |
| 2 | Finnish | pistää | to poke, thrust; to stick, prick, stab, puncture;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pistädäk | to poke, to thrust, to stab, to sting; to put, to... |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | pistä- | — |
via Finnish rinta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rinta | breast; chest, especially the front side of it |
| 2 | Finnish | -mä | Front vowel variant of -ma |